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Harshav, Benjamin, 1928-2015.

Language in time of revolution / Benjamin, Harshav. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993. - 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)

"Sources on the Hebrew language revival / translated from Hebrew by Barbara Harshav": pages [181]-221.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-228) and index.

This text on culture and consciousness in history concerns the worldwide transformations of Jewish culture and society and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language following the waves of pogroms in Russia in 1881, when large numbers of Jews in Eastern and Central Europe redefined their identity as Jews in a new and baffling world.

ISBN: 9780520912960 (electronic bk.) 0520912969 (electronic bk.) 0585078823 (electronic bk.) 9780585078823 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hebrew language--Revival.
Jews--Cultural assimilation.
Jews--Intellectual life.
Juifs--Acculturation.
Juifs--Vie intellectuelle.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Hebrew.
Hebrew language--Revival.
Jews--Cultural assimilation.
Jews--Intellectual life.
Joden.
Hebreeuws.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PJ4551 / .H37 1993eb

Dewey Class. No.: 492.4/0904